Dry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + Style

About Dry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + Style

Fashion-insider Kristen Cole examines the current state of fashion and sweeping paradigm shifts through conversations with industry friends and colleagues from her twenty-years as a fashion director, experiential retailer, buyer and tastemaker. She sits with designers, stylists, experts, leaders and innovators to delve into the most prescient industry topics of the moment, sharing insights and observations, with plenty of not-so-serious talk sprinkled in. Dry Clean Only celebrates fashion's finer qualities while exploring the many opportunities to re-create in this rapidly changing landscape.

Publisher

Kristen Cole

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Nov 2021

Latest episode

17 Nov 2023

Latest episodes

1 of 41 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Nov 2023

   Episode 40: Conversation with IN-SEAM founder Ann Wehren

   In this episode, fashion-insider, host ⁠⁠Kristen Cole⁠⁠ (https://linkedin.com/in/kristen-cole) catches up with In-Seam (https://www.in-seam.com) founder Ann Wehren (linkedin.com/in/ann-mcneill-wehren-a637445) on building the private marketplace platform and the future of luxury shopping. They touch on: Ann's fashion background in NY, why the wholesale-retail model is broken and how In-Seam is addressing it, the connectors (stylists, personal shoppers) powering behind-the-scenes luxury retail sales, new brands she's excited about, what's hot/ what's selling, why next-gen social commerce just may be the future, holiday shopping, differentiating core luxury customers vs. aspirational, and her venture capital fundraising. Kristen also shares what she's reading (Zadie Smith) and eating now in SoHo (bon jour, Revelie Luncheonette), the docs everyone's talking about, fashion news (Phoebe Philo's drop and NYC store openings), luxury campaigns she's loving (Bottega... ) and the feature editorial she's... not-so-much loving (yes, that one).

2. 

   25 Oct 2023

   Episode 39: All things Designer Vintage !! with ARCHIVE VINTAGE founder Kerry Bonnell

   In this episode, fashion-insider, host ⁠Kristen Cole⁠ (https://linkedin.com/in/kristen-cole) catches up with vintage expert and ARCHIVE VINTAGE (https://archivevintage.com) founder, Kerry Bonnell, to talk all things designer vintage because vintage is more relevant now than ever. They touch on: ARCHIVE’s killer designer vintage curation, what’s hot in vintage right now (ahem, Jean Paul Gaultier mesh), the circular economy, who’s buying (who’s not), vintage sourcing (then and now), tips on styling vintage, best online shops today and where to find specific vintage pieces, Kerry’s path to the wonderful world of vintage, her recent trip to Japan, sourcing for stylists, seeing her pieces on EmRata and Rihanna, their favorite IRL vintage shops from Resurrection in LA to Feathers in Austin and 9th St. Vintage in NYC, the best vintage shows and what Kerry’s on the hunt for (hint: it’s a ‘80s Vivienne Westwood piece). Kristen also touches on what she's reading now (novels + fashion news), docs (hello, Victoria Beckham’s husband!), some URGENT luxury fashion news (major luxury sample sale), when collaborations get it right (Laura Ashley x BATSHEVA, anyone?), new innovative and sustainable products at Another Tomorrow... and more.

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   26 Sept 2023

   Episode 38: Happy Paris Fashion Week (to all who celebrate)

   In this episode, Dry Clean Only is back! After a brief August hiatus... that bled into September... Kristen is back talking Autumn in New York, sweater weather, and all things S24 Collections in New York, London, and Milan (as Paris kicks off), including the new Gucci by Sabato de Sarno, the new Helmut Lang by Peter Do, Jil Sander, Khaite, Simone Rocha, Batsheva, Conner Ives, J.W. Anderson... among others. She talks non-trends, NY Climate Week, The Fashion Workers Act and The Fabric Act, and the incredible, must-see docs Donyale Luna: Supermodel and The Super Models. Also, the questions on everyone's lips: Has fashion lost its luster? Why are swans everywhere?

Inside a recent episode

Episode 36: Conversation with BLISS LAU Jewelry Designer

Published 29 Jun 2023 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's a garnet that was mined by women in Tanzania. And that's an initiative called Moyo that supports women miners and has done a lot to help them gen identify and understand how to have a livelihood with their work. And me purchasing from them means that they can sell direct to people. […]

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